Founder Bounty

JANUARY 27, 2023

Andrew Wilkinson is the founder of MetaLab , a design agency based in Vancouver, and Flow. The entrepreneur, who was named one of "Canada's Top 40 Under 40" by the Financial Post in 2018, boasts an impressive list of companies within his portfolio. MetaLab is the design team behind Slack which is now valued at $2.8

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2020

However, there are some entrepreneurs whose grit never let them give up. Ramon Ray recently interviewed René Lacerte , the founder of Bill.com - one of the nation’s leading business payments networks. Entrepreneur By Blood. René Lacerte hails from a family of entrepreneurs. René founded Bill.com in 2006.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to lead impactful businesses and build a sustainable future for our world, but how exactly do you start? EO Impact Day , a quarterly event series, aims to answer that question by presenting experts and providing the tools entrepreneurs need to start making the world a better place. . “

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Monique Maissan is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Shanghai, CEO of Vision Textiles, and founder of Waste2Weave. I was intrigued when I learned about a game-changing technology in 2006: the manufacture of fabric from recycled plastic bottles. However, I said no to the project.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager As an entrepreneur and seasoned angel investor, Bill Payne understands the critical importance of education to make well-informed decisions that determine the success or failure of a startup. The bottom line is that valuation is a negotiated settlement between investors and founders.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” Top founders want to live in a place where employees are serious about working hard. Startup founders always need help.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2023

Greycroft’s bicoastal foundation in Los Angeles and New York has given us unique access and insights to the technological advancements that drive emerging themes and reshape industries at the intersection of culture and business,” said Dana Settle, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greycroft.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. Farb is the founder & CEO of Grockit.com. LibreDigital. MetaMarkets.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Dave Samuel, the co-founder of Freestyle.vc. An experienced executive, serial entrepreneur and internet pioneer in software and media, Dave Samuel is co-founder of Freestyle.vc. In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Labeaud Colbert who is changing the way entrepreneurs view business and marketing. Since 2006, Labeaud has been a sought after thought leader. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Stay patient and optimistic.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

But, beyond the classic Series A and B from your local VC, founders have myriad alternative funding routes they can take — like crowdfunding — to raise the money they need to grow. He is also founder of humbition, a $30 million early-stage venture fund. million in any twelve-month period to $5 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill Nelson is the founder and CEO of Ruby ® Receptionists , which recently reached its 15-year anniversary. 2006 / Surprise! Founders bear the weight of the success of the organization and the livelihood of employees. But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Tisch is the chairman of Good Dog, a marketplace to find pets online, and is the co-founder of Techstars NY. He is a Rock Fellow at Harvard Business School and sits on the Entrepreneur Board at New York University. Rich Wong joined Accel as a partner in 2006.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2006. When we started, it was mostly SVB.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Entrepreneurs with an ongoing thirst for learning often turn to executive education programs to expand their knowledge base to tackle new challenges and opportunities. Why, as a successful entrepreneur, did you seek additional education? ” Michele Hecken is an EO Edmonton member who joined the organization in 2006.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This stage starts with the entrepreneurs analyzing and exploring the startup idea more seriously. Tinkering ends when entrepreneurs fully commit themselves to turn the business idea into a reality. Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

Josh Kopelman wrote recently that these rounds are much more entrepreneur friendly, especially in the wake of the "Series A Crunch". If there are four times the number of seed funds, the seed quality bar is much much lower--but what investor wants to say that to entrepreneurs? First, we''re not going from $1.5mm to $2.5mm.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Under normal circumstances, one might expect the founders of Radian6 and Q1 labs to disappear into the suburbs of Cambridge or Marin Country, but that never happened.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Early startup founders may truly believe they’ll become the dominant player and capture their total addressable market (TAM). However, despite investor love for entrepreneurs with idealistic goals, the level-headed among us know that there are arduous steps to go from nothing to something huge.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. While taxes are high, entrepreneurs won’t find the staggering income inequality so often seen in cities like San Francisco and New York. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion. A great team.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

A definitive founder’s guide would have to include chapters like, “So you’ve hired the wrong person,” or, “Five ways to tell if an investor is lying to you.” Investors say they want to add value, but for founders under pressure, it’s hard to know exactly when to ask for help.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2018

Members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) take part in regular Forums. Dave Bacon is the founder of the BW Bacon Group and an EO member in Colorado. . That was in 2006. Are you a successful entrepreneur who is ready to make a meaningful difference in your personal and business life? Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 12, 2023

CTAN is a large angel network in Austin, Texas formed in 2006. There are many ways angel engagement can occur with an entrepreneur and start-up company. This requirement is specified in the Term Sheet we negotiate with the entrepreneur and it will stipulate that one of the Board members will be a CTAN member.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

That way, I still get to stay in touch with the thrill of startups, but I could do it vicariously through other entrepreneurs. My thesis was: I’d get to brainstorm and strategize with the founders, but then I’d get to hand their baby back to them and go back to my (so called) life. The Entrepreneur vs. Investor Dilemma.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. Register here. It’s free.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. At the same time, to respect founders’ time, scouts should mention their real ability to make an investment happen. Just confusing minority founders even more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. million from Trinity Ventures, Founder Collective, Highline Ventures, NextNew Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Founder Collective – If you were an early-stage startup and wanted to be funded by entrepreneurs who had walked in your shoes before, you wouldn’t have to stretch the imagination far to think of what “Founder Collective” is meant to stand for. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of celebrities, investors and entrepreneurs at Y Combinator’s August Demo Day promising a revolution in food science. “Conventional cane sugar is heavily heavily water intensive,” said Supplant co-founder Tom Simmons in an interview.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a report by the National Venture Capital Association, 1/3 of all venture-backed publicly traded companies between 2006 and 2012 had at least one foreign-born entrepreneur. More than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. Determined Founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time.

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